When Do New Cod Maps Come Out

Are Round-Based Maps Coming to Vanguard Zombies?

Will Vanguard go a normal Zombies map?

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Call of Duty: Vanguard is finally here, and Zombies players are incredibly upset with the absence of the series' staple round-based maps. Typically, Zombies maps force players to survive in a wide-open up area as they endeavor to complete a complicated main quest or just try to upgrade their arsenal and keep going for as long as possible. This twelvemonth, the formula has been changed significantly.

The but Zombies map available at launch is Der Anfang, which takes place in a repurposed multiplayer map. The principal area of the map acts equally a hub, and players accept to enter portals to complete objectives in smaller areas in order to progress to the next round. This is a huge deviation from what Zombies players are used to, and the reception is largely negative.

Vanguard Zombies is currently unplayable rn like this is not fifty-fifty a joke, its the truth.

— Lex (@MrTLexify) November 4, 2021

Why Doesn't Vanguard Take Round-Based Zombies Maps?

It doesn't wait like Vanguard volition become traditional circular-based maps in the future, either. At least not in the way that fans are used to. In an interview with GameSpot, some Treyarch developers shared some insight on what seems to exist the studio'south new blueprint philosophy when it comes to Zombies.

"I think we stripped down the circular-based feel," says Gavin Locke, associate manager of design at Treyarch. "The ever-increasing challenge and choosing how you want to play and unlocking the map, nosotros wanted to contain those elements, and then we used the objectives to be the gate."

"If Outbreak is one extreme and RBZ [round-based Zombies] is one, very directed versus very open up, we've taken the ingredients from both and mashed them together. Then, you can arrive the activity faster, but there's even so histrion bureau similar Outbreak gives you. We're trying to offer a little something new from the best of both worlds," adds artistic specialist Miles Leslie.

Telephone call of Duty Vanguard Zombies is an accented 50 that has been handed to the community.

3/ten if that. Worse than BO4 Zombies without a doubt. @Treyarch @CallofDuty Y'all had a elementary formula that worked! Round based waves, that get harder and harder. How did nosotros get this..

— Tom (@Syndicate) November four, 2021

Treyarch experimented heavily with the Zombies formula in Black Ops Cold War, introducing new modes similar Outbreak to the series for the first fourth dimension. Traditional round-based maps still existed in Common cold War, though. With Vanguard, the studio seems to exist doubling down on the changes made in Cold State of war. That doesn't mean traditional Zombies won't return downwards the line, nevertheless.

Are Circular-Based Zombies Maps Coming to Vanguard Post-Launch?

Treyarch hasn't explicitly denied the chance that round-based Zombies maps could come to Telephone call of Duty: Vanguard post-launch, but it doesn't seem probable. Creative director Miles Leslie says "round-based as you know might get worked into some other mechanics."

"We're non forgetting the RBZ fans," Leslie continues. "They are going to be satisfied [with] some upcoming stuff that will be pretty absurd, I think." This doesn't hateful round-based maps are coming back, simply information technology also doesn't mean that they're gone for good either. With the strong reactions to Der Anfang from Zombies fans, though, Treyarch could alter its plans for post-launch content and deliver on things that will brand traditional Zombies fans happy.

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Black Ops Cold War received a ton of mail service-launch support from Treyarch, and while the studio is no doubt hard at piece of work on its side by side mainline Telephone call of Duty championship, Vanguard Zombies volition nonetheless receive updates and new seasonal content just like multiplayer and Warzone. Der Anfang could potentially evolve into something that stays true to Treyarch'southward vision while finding a way to gratify traditional Zombies fans, or a new map could be released that stays truthful to the round-based formula. Every bit information technology stands now though, this is what we're stuck with.

In our Call of Duty: Vanguard review, we were lukewarm on this new iteration of Zombies, saying "Overall, it'due south hard to tell how Zombies will pan out from here. Der Anfang is a potent beginning for Treyarch's new Zombies vision, but with merely one map at launch and merely a scattering of portal zones, it feels like Black Ops Cold War'southward launch all over over again. There's no doubt that Vanguard Zombies will eventually evolve into a mode packed with content, but as it stands, there's not a lot to practice."

Call of Duty: Vanguardis available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox I, and Xbox Series X|S.